At 12:42 PM 6/1/96, RON SALMON wrote:
>I am in the process of trying to put an '82 Vanagon 2L motor in a
>'76 bus.  I expected to do a lot of changing over - fan shroud,
>alternator, etc. - but one thing I did not expect is that the bus &
>Vanagon heater boxes seem completely incompatable.  In other words,
>the Vanagon heater boxes won't fit the bus, and the bus heater
>boxes won't bolt to the Vanagon motor's heads.  Has anyone done
>this installation before?  What is my solution?  What other
>problems should I expect trying to make this Vanagon motor work in
>the bus?

Unfortunately , the solution is to use the '76 heads.  Other than that,
everything should work fine.  My '73 bus engine is a hybrid - '72 case, '73
fan housing, '74 heads (two right heads!), '81 engine internals (pistons,
liners, hydraulic lifters, cam, pushrods).  A true mutt, and I luv it.  :)

Oh, I suppose you could use the '81 exhaust on the '76, but that might not
be an option for you.

-David

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David Schwarze                   '73 VW Safare Custom Camper       (Da Boat)
Dallas, Texas, USA               '73 Capri GT 2800                (Da Beast)
e-mail: ddes@anet-dfw.com        '87 Mustang Lx 5.0          (13.986@100.81)
http://www.anet-dfw.com/~ddes    '93 Weber WG-50                  (Da Piano)
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